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To the vets
Last week one of my uncles was injured while serving in Iraq. His injury isn’t serious and won’t bring him home, but it does serve as a reminder that the war does hit home to too much of my family.
Besides my now injured uncle, I have three cousins currently serving and another uncle who teaches at West Point. You probably know someone serving, too. Just remember that it is OK to be against the war and still love our troops.
— T.J.
Big girl now
I have a job interview in a few weeks. In South Dakota. I have to fly there all by myself, rent a car, drive to my hotel and find out how to get to my interview without getting lost. I’m a little intimidated. It’s simultaneously making me feel really grown-up and really unprepared.
— Savannah
The Back Lung
The other night I spent a few hours in the Alley for a friend’s birthday, and everything that crossed through that dimly lit threshold still reeks of the smoke that filled the room. I’m not bagging on smoking, in fact the idea of a smoke break really appeals to me. However, a smoking ban in bars is reason enough for me to drive to Pullman occasionally. The French banned smoking in public buildings years ago; when will Idaho’s day come?
— Roger
One smart Dumbo
I’ve never seen an elephant fly, but I have seen an elephant paint. Although I would never have believed it if someone told me, seeing an elephant paint with my own eyes floored me. YouTube: “Elephant paints self portrait” and see for yourself — it’s amazing.
— Christina N.
Be ashamed
The audacity of some members of my generation astounds me. I attended F.W. de Klerk’s speech Tuesday for the Borah Symposium and was lucky enough to sit next you, Mr. “I’m doing my art homework at the lecture of a former head of state.” Thank you for your blatant disrespect of a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I’m sure you absorbed the importance of his words as your mechanical pencil squeaked across your worksheet. Why attend such an event if you have such a lack of appreciation for another person’s thoughts and experiences?
— Christina L.
ZOMBIE!
I am pretty much a zombie right now. Just typing is really hard. Cough and pain medicine is the pits, but there is one plus side. When go to bed at night, the second my head hits the pillow I’m completely relaxed and ready to go to sleep. The problem is, I’m also ready to fall asleep at any moment.
— Ryli
Grammar nerd
Now and then I wonder why we say the things we say that don’t fit into any rules of English. For instance, “how come.” Used in a sentence, it might be: how come there’s still snow on the ground in April? As a child, I said this all the time. Today, I feel confused. Are there words left out? Does it stand for “how did it come about that there is still snow on the ground?” The word “why” is clearly the solution to this complex problem and should always replace “how come.” But one last question: How come kids are using such complex abbreviations?
— Sydney
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